However, one of the most important events which led to modern accounting begins in 15th century Venice, Italy, due to a number of factors. To begin with, since Venice was a small city built of canals, they turned their weaknesses into strengths, and developed one of the world's greatest economies with the help of skilled merchants and their proficiency in maritime culture which would not only sustain the city but make it the primary trading hub between mainland Europe and Asia. ... Merchants soon dealt with an enormous amount of money and transactions; they needed a more efficient and sta...

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Painters were now being supported through patrons, who were wealthy merchants who bought the paintings and sold them.There were many people involved such as Francesco Petrarch. ... This new way of art quickly spread to other wealthy Italian city-states such as Rome, Venice, and Milan. ...

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The Renaissance's New Innovations The Renaissance was a time all over the world for rebirth. At the end of the Middle Ages, new things were beginning to take place. William Shakespeare began to write new plays that would forever change the world of theater. Leonardo Da Vinci, hailed as one of th...

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Craig states that the rats came from "areas around the Black Sea" and that the disease "entered Europe through the port cities of Venice, Genoa, and Pisa in 1347.... "6 Once Caffa became infested with the disease, the Italian merchants carried it back to Italy. ...

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However, those engaged in non-luxury crafts in cities involved in long-distance trade might fall foul of merchant-entrepreneurs. For example, Frankfurt's lacemakers worked on this putting-out basis for a few rich silk merchants by 1587; the same thing happened in Antwerp's silk and construction industries, Lyons's silk industry, Nuremberg's weapons and metalworking industry. ... For example Nuremberg, known by the early sixteenth century as 'the German Venice' in recognition of its status as a major European commercial centre, had at least 141 different crafts. ...

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